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Stinger just stops running - why?
Stinger just stops running - why?

Stinger just stops running - why?
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Stinger just stops running - why? dontspam 12-02-2007
Posted by Russg on December 2, 2007, 3:47 pm
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Maybe msnmusic.exe has become messed up, the
file sector links are corrupted.
Can you copy and paste the file?
Can you compress it with winzip?




Posted by on December 2, 2007, 4:45 pm
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On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:47:57 GMT, "Russg"

>Maybe msnmusic.exe has become messed up, the
>file sector links are corrupted.
>Can you copy and paste the file?
>Can you compress it with winzip?
>
>

I tried copying and pasting it to my desktop and it seemingly copied -
at least an icon for the program appeared. But it was really slow
(again, this is a 536k file). Eventually, I got a Windows error
saying that "an i/o device error" prevented the file from copying. I
was able to delete from my desktop the copied file.

I used 7-zip (a freeware winzip compatible) and tried to compress the
msnmusic.exe file. It got to about the 35% mark and just bogged down
(again, for a 536k file, the zip should have been near instantaneous).
Finally, a message saying "the request could not be performed because
of an i/o device error." This was a message from 7-zip.

When I doubleclicked on the msnmusic.exe file in hopes of launching
it, things just hung for a while, but then my system seemingly
returned to normal.

So what do I do now? Does XP have some way of detecting the corrupted
file sector links you mention? Is this a media error or an error in
the file/folder structure of my computer?

Posted by Russg on December 2, 2007, 11:45 pm
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snip problem file in XP.
> So what do I do now? Does XP have some way of detecting the corrupted
> file sector links you mention? Is this a media error or an error in
> the file/folder structure of my computer?
I suspect it is a bad sector on your hard drive.
A 'thourough' scandisk can take hours, but would
spot and exclude the bad sector out.
It may be a corrupted FAT, or whatever XP uses
to map sectors for files.
The solution is to try to delete the file, which may
be robust enough to overcome the corruption.
If you get a lot of bad sectors, then your hard drive
is about to go. Some bad sectors are acceptable,
just let scandisk map them out of use.
I think.



Posted by on December 3, 2007, 6:46 pm
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On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 23:45:33 -0500, "Russg"

>snip problem file in XP.
>> So what do I do now? Does XP have some way of detecting the corrupted
>> file sector links you mention? Is this a media error or an error in
>> the file/folder structure of my computer?
>I suspect it is a bad sector on your hard drive.
>A 'thourough' scandisk can take hours, but would
>spot and exclude the bad sector out.
>It may be a corrupted FAT, or whatever XP uses
>to map sectors for files.
>The solution is to try to delete the file, which may
>be robust enough to overcome the corruption.
>If you get a lot of bad sectors, then your hard drive
>is about to go. Some bad sectors are acceptable,
>just let scandisk map them out of use.
>I think.
>

You nailed it. I had XP run chkdsk on starting the computer. It
found exactly one bad cluster, and that was where the problematic file
was located. It reported that it moved the file successfully and
repaired the sector. I then ran stinger and it flew through
everything with no problems.

Thanks.

Posted by Russg on December 3, 2007, 11:17 pm
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snip some stuff.
> You nailed it. I had XP run chkdsk on starting the computer. It
> found exactly one bad cluster, and that was where the problematic file
> was located. It reported that it moved the file successfully and
> repaired the sector. I then ran stinger and it flew through
> everything with no problems.
>
> Thanks.
Welcome. And thanks for keeping us uptodated
on your progress.



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